As discussed in my first listening post, Diane Warren and Lady Gaga are revealing their personal accounts as sexual assault survivors through the lyrics of “Til It Happens To You.” Through telling their personal stories, Warren and Gaga are creating… Continue Reading →
Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of Green Day, has been vocal about the conception of single and title track to the album “American Idiot” as a reaction to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s song “That’s How I Like It”. For the first… Continue Reading →
“Preach” (and its music video) covers so many topics and areas of suffering for people in the United States right now, but some of the major themes that “Preach” highlights is school shootings/violence, police brutality against Black lives, and the… Continue Reading →
In 2017 when LAND OF THE FREE came out I was graduating high school. While that was a significant event in my life, the whole of the United States was going through massive changes and seemed to be breaking apart…. Continue Reading →
“The Man” is a song written by Taylor Swift which came from her album Lover. Lover came out in 2019 and it instantly broke records and left people wondering about the ‘new’ Taylor Swift. She had always played by the… Continue Reading →
Monae co-wrote “Make Me Feel” with Julia Michaels, who is also responsible for writing Justin Bieber’s “Sorry” and Selena Gomez’s “Good for You”. The track seems to be about the singer voicing her feelings for a special someone “Baby, don’t… Continue Reading →
The years leading up to Chanel‘s release was eventful in drastically positive and negative ways. Of course, in 2015, same-sex marriage became legalized in the United States and nearing the end of 2015 there was already the expectation that 2016… Continue Reading →
Promises and Pills from the album Amid the Noise and Haste by SOJA was released on 2014. In 2011 President Obama announced that by 2014 he plans to withdraw all military troops from Afghanistan. The US invaded Afghanistan after the… Continue Reading →
“Cough Syrup” was written by Rock, Alternative group, Young the Giants in 2008 and appeared on their EP called “Shake My Hand”. In the infamous hit show, “Glee”, Darren Chris, who played former Warbler, Blaine Anderson, sings a cover… Continue Reading →
“The Bigger Picture” by rapper Lil Baby was released June 11th 2020 in the wake of George Floyd’s death. It was inspired by the injustices and hardships faced among the black community. The Bigger Picture comes at a time of… Continue Reading →
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